Opinion: How does a bike stay upright? Surprisingly, it’s all in the mind
24 May 2016Hugh Hunt (Department of Engineering) discusses how we manage to stay upright on a bicycle.
Opinion: GM crops already feed much of the world today – why not tomorrow’s generations too?
24 May 2016Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology) discusses how genetically modified crops could help solve the problem of food security.
Opinion: The flower breeders who sold X-ray lilies and atomic marigolds
24 May 2016Helen Anne Curry (Department of History and Philosophy of Science) discusses the history of our fascination with floral novelties.
Urgent action needed to close UK languages gap
24 May 2016The UK Government needs to urgently adopt a new, comprehensive languages strategy if it is to keep pace with its international competitors and reduce a...
Study finds little change in the IMF’s policy advice, despite rhetoric of reform
24 May 2016Researchers describe IMF as having an “escalating commitment to hypocrisy”, as study reveals that strict lending conditions have returned to pre-crisis levels, while ‘pro-poor’ targets...
Opinion: More accountability needed in how drugs are priced and reimbursed
23 May 2016Lawrence King (Department of Sociology) and Piotr Ozieranski (University of Bath) discuss how EU member states use complex policy instruments to determine how much they are willing...
Opinion: Dear young people: here’s why you need to vote in the EU referendum
20 May 2016Catherine Barnard (Faculty of Law) discusses why it's so important that young people vote in the EU referendum.
Genes discovered that enable birds to produce the colour red
20 May 2016Latest research suggests a new mechanism for how sexual displays of red beaks and plumage might be ‘honest signals’ of mate quality, as genes that...
Support from family and friends important to help prevent depression in teenagers
20 May 2016The importance of friendships and family support in helping prevent depression among teenagers has been highlighted in research from the University of Cambridge. The study,...
Opinion: Here’s what people in their 90s really think about death
19 May 2016Jane Fleming (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) discusses attitudes to death among the very old.